Drafting for Effective Use

[uwam2ie]

We are switching from NX2 to NX5.
There is an effective drafting workflow in NX2 using pattern / german ~UG Tools. In uganswer I've read that patterns will not continued in developement or enhanced... like grip.
What are the altenative to use pattern for a central drawingsheet. At the time we have problems in Nx5 with the text alignment in pattern using attributes.
some ideas? How to replace patterns?

 

[hudson888]

Well that isn't to say that patterns won't work or that they haven't remained basically unchanged and working for the past I don't know how many versions, (probably since UG-V10/11). They still work pretty much as they always have, and I doubt that will change is it would impact on too many users.

Best Regards

Hudson

 

[JohnRBaker]

Patterns will continue to be 'supported', however they have not been, nor are there any plans to enhance them.

What I've done is create drawing borders using Customer Symbols. Attached is an example Drawing Template file which includes a typical symbol in which I've embedded text objects linked to attribute values. Just fill in the values of the attributes and they show-up in the drawing. Note that the Drawing Template file also has predefined views and a parts list.



John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

 

[uwam2ie]

Thanks John for this Information.
but....
Problem:
I have inserted values in the attributes but the sheet /symbollib only updates /shown after I have moved the symbollib... is there a setting ?
With pattern my company drawing is left on the server.
Now like UGS ;-) has changed the name / sold to another I've company ... the logo changed. In the central pattern is change at one location. How can I solve this problem with symbolslibs?
thx in ad

 

[JohnRBaker]

There is no global update mechanism with Custom Symbols.

And for the record, we are not necessarily recommending that you use Custom Symbols for this task, just that it does work quite well for those who have decided to do so (and who were not concerned about 'global update' issues), nor does anyone expect that they are a 'replacement' for Patterns, which is one reason why Patterns are still supported. However, we do not want to invest anything in terms of enhancing them since they are based on a very old architectural scheme which while it still works, is not what we would like to build a next generation solution on. Note that while I don't have any details as to when and what the replacement will be like exactly, we are aware that we need to develop something along these lines and there is an R&D effort working toward that goal, just that I have nothing to share with anyone at this time.


John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

 

[hudson888]

Just one thing with patterns that may have gone unmentioned, is that you should check in the part files which contain the patterns that the save options are set to save pattern data. If there is some chance that this got turned off then your replacement logo may not be updating for that reason.

Best regards

Hudson